Sharp introduces the 100GB BDXL Blu-ray Disc
Posted July 16, 2010 07:04 PM by Anonymous
Sharp announced they will introduce a new BDXL Blu-ray Disc that are capable of offering 100GB-128GB's of Storage. The current BD-50 is dual layer and the increased storage space will more than double that with the use of 3 and 4 layers respectively. The BDXL will be available as recordable discs, however the 100GB will be the largest rewritable disc offered at the moment.
So far, the latest Sharp BD-HDW700 Blu-ray recorder/Player is the only player to support the newly announced media. The cost of this player will be 5000¥ or $57,452 and will only be available in Japan on July 30,2010.